cpia driver for microscope: any success?

[Chris Ball]

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 06 2011, Cherry Withers wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm starting to figure out that because the Intel QX3 microscope has an
> CPiA chipset, it may not be supported by
> cheese (which takes V4L/V2L devices) but needs a special cpia driver that
> can be found in:
> http://webcam.sourceforge.net/

This is outdated information (site last updated in 2003!).  The drivers
have been merged into the main Linux kernel now; it looks like you just
need to turn on CONFIG_USB_GSPCA_CPIA1=m and build gspca_cpia1.ko from
drivers/media/video/gspca/cpia1.c.

Since our kernels already have CONFIG_USB_GSPCA=m, you can build this
module without having to recompile your current kernel.

- Chris.
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